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Sep 5 '11
thedailywhat:

Simpsons Did It of the Day: Earlier today, J. C. Penney was making money off a long-sleeve shirt marketed to girls aged 7 to 16, which proudly announced to the world that its female wearer was too busy being pretty and listening to Justin Bieber to do homework like a boy.
After the Internet got involved, however, J.C. Penney quickly pulled the offending apparel and apologized with this statement:

J.C. Penney is committed to being America’s destination for great style  and great value for the whole family. We agree that the “Too pretty”  t-shirt does not deliver an appropriate message, and we have immediately  discontinued its sale. Our merchandise is intended to appeal to a broad  customer base, not to offend them. We would like to apologize to our  customers and are taking action to ensure that we continue to uphold the  integrity of our merchandise that they have come to expect.

The outrage, however, hasn’t been as quick to die down, with disgruntled JC Penney patrons continuing to take to the retailer’s Facebook page to express their dismay.
[h/t: vv-rs.]

thedailywhat:

Simpsons Did It of the Day: Earlier today, J. C. Penney was making money off a long-sleeve shirt marketed to girls aged 7 to 16, which proudly announced to the world that its female wearer was too busy being pretty and listening to Justin Bieber to do homework like a boy.

After the Internet got involved, however, J.C. Penney quickly pulled the offending apparel and apologized with this statement:

J.C. Penney is committed to being America’s destination for great style and great value for the whole family. We agree that the “Too pretty” t-shirt does not deliver an appropriate message, and we have immediately discontinued its sale. Our merchandise is intended to appeal to a broad customer base, not to offend them. We would like to apologize to our customers and are taking action to ensure that we continue to uphold the integrity of our merchandise that they have come to expect.

The outrage, however, hasn’t been as quick to die down, with disgruntled JC Penney patrons continuing to take to the retailer’s Facebook page to express their dismay.

[h/t: vv-rs.]

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  1. sevenoceans reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  5. 182onfire reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    how is this offensive ? people need to chill the fuck out.
  6. jesuisunspectre reblogged this from tinydragongina
  7. wreck-loose reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Oh god. The disgrace.
  8. theonlyiguanadon reblogged this from queercore
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  14. queercore reblogged this from kalemason and added:
    What the fuck…? This is ridiculous.
  15. applefaerie reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    TEE HEE HEE? Ugh what IS this? WHY do things like this get made???
  16. spare-ohs reblogged this from hipstrnothippie and added:
    Ben— On the online women’s forum I read, someone asked how long it’d be until hipster guys started to want to wear this...
  17. marikunin reblogged this from yamino
  18. jayneofalltrades reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    irony is that girls are more educated than boys and the trends show the gap in education is widening.
  19. glitterhag reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  21. jellybeanontop said: you can also sign a petition to urge jc penney to compensate the families of bangladeshi workers who were burned alive last year in the unsafe sweat-shop chn.ge/qIF4M7
  22. terra-tele reblogged this from yamino and added:
    That shirt is bullshit.
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  25. brokenunfixable reblogged this from jarvis-cockblocker and added:
    DEAR 6 YEAR OLD GIRLS, GIVE UP AND LOOK PRETTY. LOVE, SOCIETY
  26. lilyorwhatever reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    The internet wins!
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